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The president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Craig B. Thompson, is in a billion-dollar dispute with his former workplace over accusations that he walked away with research.

Egyptian authorities on Sunday referred 19 Americans and two dozen others to criminal trials as part of a politically charged investigation that has shaken the alliance between the United States and Egypt.

After two deployments in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis says the Pentagon is not telling the whole truth about how the war there is going.

Greece’s efforts to secure a second, €130 billion international bailout and avoid a default next month stalled on Sunday.

The Chester Upland district’s fiscal woes – so severe that it cannot afford to pay teachers past the end of this month – are compounded by a charter school with which it shares its financing.

After fighting for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, hundreds of Tuareg rebels helped themselves to some of his weapons and returned to Mali to continue a longstanding rebellion.

Without the free content created by its 850 million users, Facebook would surely not be on the verge of a multibillion-dollar initial public offering.

On Sunday, the Giants and the Patriots — their entanglement stretching through generations and championships, shared philosophy and similar results — will be together again at the Super Bowl.

If Mr. Romney loses the Republican presidential nomination, it is likely to be because of the one region that has yet to give him a victory: the Midwest.

Mitt Romney won handily in the Nevada caucuses with the help of groups he has struggled to persuade before, including strong Tea Party supporters and very conservative voters.

The latest cases bring the total self-immolations by ethnic Tibetans over the past year to 19.

Egyptian investigating judges on Sunday referred 43 NGO workers, including 19 Americans, to trial before a criminal court for allegedly being involved in banned activities and illegally receiving foreign funds, security officials said.

At the University of Washington, 18 percent of the freshmen are foreigners, and each pays about three times as much as students from Washington State.

There is no denying that in a season that teetered on disaster at several points, the Giants have benefited from good fortune and a few lucky breaks.

In a society where headlines of violence are almost commonplace, the families of the perpetrators are largely unheard from. But now some relatives have decided to share their stories.

Security forces erected two walls bisecting streets that had been central battlegrounds between security forces and protesters calling for the end of military rule.

In ending its combat role in Afghanistan a year earlier than expected, the United States will rely more on special forces that hunt insurgent leaders and train local troops, officials say.

The casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has relayed assurances that he will donate millions more toward defeating President Obama even if his candidate is not the nominee, associates said.

New England’s Bill Belichick and Tom Brady have won 124 regular-season games, more than any head coach-quarterback combination in N.F.L. history.

Of the record 40,000 people in New York City’s shelters, a growing number belong to seemingly ordinary families, rushing off to school and work, smartphones in hand.